Wednesday, August 29, 2007

Works for me Wednesday

To catch fruit flies/gnats, put about 1/4 -1/2 inch cider vinegar in a small glass cup and add 1-2 drops dish washing liquid (I usually use a fruit flavored scent like orange or green apple). I leave mine on my windowsill and it works very well. There are 10 in here that I need to clean out! I actually get excited about catching those little bugs.

I had to do this yesterday. But we designed a paper funnel into a glass and poured the vinegar in, no dishsoap. The flies fly down the funnel and can't get back through the hole. We've got about 100 dead flies now. Starting a collection I think!

We had TONS of fruit flies earlier this summer and just ended up keeping all of our fruit in the fridge (bananas included - yuck) -- it still took a lot of one-by-one killing and a lot of time to get rid of them. Thank you for this tip -- I will have to try it next time!!

I'll need to try this. With the monsoons we suddenly got a ton of them in the house (darn screens can't keep them out) they are driving me crazy. This will be much better then the pesticide I've been putting on my poor plants and flowers.